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Written by IS Team
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
 Since the millennium (and their triumphant NYE's set) the last two-and-a-half years have been a little bit hectic to say the least! Having managed to fit getting a degree in to their heavy drinking calendar Ben and Lex also managed to secure jobs as permanent fixtures behind the counter of one of the South West's best record shops, Reform Records, keeping themselves firmly at the hub of the whole music scene.
Never content to be one-trick ponies the duo spent 2001 trying to get their fingers into as many pies as possible. Not only supporting the likes of Blim and Vini (RIP), Cut La Roc, Danny McMillan, Alex Patterson and headlining sets and Home and The Scala in London for Beatz and Bobz, they were residents at the Girl Called Bob nights, warming up for heavyweights like Goldie, Mickey Finn, Aphrodite and Grooverider. At the same time they put their Fine Art degrees to some use and started providing kick-ass club visuals for the nights as well, taking themselves into the land of multimedia productions
2001 provided too many amazing gigs to mention but their own highlights would include their still talked about NYE set, VJ/Djing with Hexstatic, Freq Nasty and above all supporting the legendary Afrika Bambaattaa all at Beatz and Bobz. The list goes on! They also sank their teeth into promoting in 2001, co-running the Le Chunk and Realistic nights at the Cavern, Exeter, hosting stormers with the Scratch Perverts, Mr Scruff, Andrew Weatherall and Keith Tenniswood.
More importantly the dawn of 2002 saw them beg, steal and borrow the large amount of cash needed to set themselves up with a studio, which they have now been locked in for nine months - resulting in several Exeter pubs going out of business due to the lack of revenue. Having done a bad-ass remix for a forthcoming Spoon Wizard track, which has already been given support by the Hybrid boys amongst others, and several full tracks of their own they are beginning what looks like a serious career as producers.
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